Repairman Arrested In Car, Tool Thefts

April 11, 1986

A car-transmission repairman was arrested Thursday, and $15,000 worth of stolen tools believed taken in recent burglaries were recovered, detectives said. The suspect, Luis LaLuz, 24, of 3152 N. Francisco Ave., was charged with burglary, possession of stolen property and auto theft, according to Lt. Thomas Minasola, of the Grand-Central Area. LaLuz was arrested in a transmission shop at 4152 W. Grand Ave., where he worked. Police recovered some of the tools there and others in a stolen car found at Race and Cicero Avenues. LaLuz is suspected of climbing down an air vent of another transmission-repair shop early Wednesday and stealing the car and tools, Minasola said.